Animals: Lead

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals were (a) slaughtered for food consumption and (b) then tested for the presence of lead in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022, (v) 2023 and (vi) 2024.

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1. 5 March 2025

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals were (a) slaughtered for food consumption and (b) then tested for the presence of lead in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022, (v) 2023 and (vi) 2024.

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2. 25 March 2025

   Answer

   A summary of the number of animals slaughtered for food consumption and number of animals tested for lead can be found in the table on the following page. For information, the majority of these data are available through the Defra Food and Farming statist...

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